Lead horticulturalist Bryon Jones shares information on the Agave parryi var. truncata, more commonly known as the Artichoke Agave, that is preparing to bloom at the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium ...

It’s a botanical event more than 17 years in the making at Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium. That is where a desert-native Agave plant is blooming for the first—and only—time in its life.

A rare Agave plant is now in full bloom Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium. It’s a botanical event more than 17 years in the making – and now is your chance to see it. Since early May, the stalk of the ...

TACOMA, Wash. — After nearly 20 years, a rare agave plant is in full bloom at Tacoma's Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium. The zoo said a mature Agave parryi var. truncata in the Desert Garden is in ...

Tulsa Botanic Garden’s Agave parryi has reached max height at 11 feet. And the best news is that all 11 feet survived the devastating storm that tore through the Tulsa area last weekend.

The Agave parryi growing behind Red Bluff Garden Club member Charlotte Rodriguez’s pump house has put forth a 9-foot tall blooming stalk, which Rodriguez describes as ‘delightful, fascinating ...

A plant that typically takes decades to bloom is coming to life at the Tulsa Botanic Garden. Horticulturalists planted an agave parryi in 2015 just before the garden's Floral Terraces opened.

“They start blooming from the buds at the bottom, and you see this gorgeous, sunshiny yellow,” Clark said. He’s quick to point out that these agave plants aren’t the kind that make tequila. That ...

TACOMA, Wash. — After nearly 20 years, a rare agave plant is in full bloom at Tacoma's Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium. The zoo said a mature Agave parryi var. truncata in the Desert Garden is in ...